Vortex wakes of birds: Recent developments using digital particle image velocimetry in a wind tunnel

Animal Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-549

  Hedenstrom A ^a   Griethuijsen, L ^b   Rosen M ^a   Spedding, G R ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Added mass; Aerodynamics; Bird flight; Digital particle image velocimetry; DPIV; Vortex wakes

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIRD; VORTEX FLOW; WAKE; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33845367219     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075606778967856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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